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Cramming 'Papers, Please' onto Phones (dukope.com)
1297 points by nycpig on Aug 6, 2022 | 180 comments
2.
Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020) (unixsheikh.com)
391 points by truth_seeker on Aug 6, 2022 | 362 comments
3.
I assure you, medieval people bathed (2019) (going-medieval.com)
364 points by wchar_t on Aug 6, 2022 | 340 comments
4.
The Scottish Highlands, Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range (vividmaps.com)
281 points by kdamica on Aug 6, 2022 | 78 comments
5.
Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years) (garyrobinson.net)
351 points by garyrob on Aug 6, 2022 | 122 comments
6.
Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-blind placebo-controlled study (nature.com)
307 points by freddier on Aug 6, 2022 | 282 comments
7.
AlphaFold won’t revolutionise drug discovery (chemistryworld.com)
203 points by panabee on Aug 6, 2022 | 103 comments
8.
MyNoise – Background Noise Generators (mynoise.net)
311 points by modinfo on Aug 6, 2022 | 100 comments
9.
Original source of `(seed * 9301 and 49297) % 233280` random algorithm? (2014) (softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)
182 points by thunderbong on Aug 6, 2022 | 83 comments
10.
What We Gain from a Good Bookstore (newyorker.com)
204 points by pseudolus on Aug 6, 2022 | 124 comments
11.
GraphQL kinda sucks
720 points by randytandy on Aug 6, 2022 | 433 comments
12.
The Echidna Is Australia’s Most Delightfully Different Mammal (atlasobscura.com)
132 points by sohkamyung on Aug 5, 2022 | 44 comments
13.
Skin exposure to UVB light induces a skin-brain-gonad axis and sexual behavior (cell.com)
238 points by jbonniwell on Aug 6, 2022 | 158 comments
14.
Google Trying to Solve a UUID (google.com)
307 points by delduca on Aug 6, 2022 | 151 comments
15.
Ask HN: Resources to learn generative art programming?
208 points by akudha on Aug 6, 2022 | 83 comments
16.
Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) [video] (youtube.com)
334 points by cellover on Aug 6, 2022 | 74 comments
17.
Ask HN: How to say no to a GitHub issue feature request?
261 points by mit20220401 on Aug 6, 2022 | 232 comments
18.
Ctrl-C (kevinlawler.com)
210 points by kcl on Aug 5, 2022 | 90 comments
19.
Having, a less understood SQL clause (smallthingssql.com)
169 points by vpanyam on Aug 6, 2022 | 81 comments
20.
The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved by US Regulators (singularityhub.com)
228 points by cheinyeanlim on Aug 6, 2022 | 229 comments
21.
ESA – Climate from Space (esa.int)
126 points by lmc on Aug 6, 2022 | 24 comments
22.
How to integrate a trackpoint in a mechanical keyboard (github.com/alonswartz)
130 points by cgeier on Aug 5, 2022 | 32 comments
23.
Mobile Electronics Workbench (2017) (nisker.net)
88 points by walterbell on Aug 6, 2022 | 33 comments
24.
Elizabeth Cotton’s Fingerstyle Ragtime (ethanhein.com)
118 points by brudgers on Aug 4, 2022 | 27 comments
25.
Toward a Better Music Theory (2013) (ethanhein.com)
110 points by brudgers on Aug 4, 2022 | 77 comments
26.
How Did Elevators Lose Their Music? (tedgioia.substack.com)
118 points by Ariarule on Aug 6, 2022 | 130 comments
27.
A captured American spy plane that crashed during a Hungarian pleasure flight (telex.hu)
81 points by loriverkutya on Aug 5, 2022 | 29 comments
28.
SpaceMonger (portablefreeware.com)
70 points by aarobot on Aug 6, 2022 | 42 comments
29.
Detroit Industry Murals (artsandculture.google.com)
75 points by skruger on Aug 5, 2022 | 33 comments
30.
OpenStax: Free and Flexible Textbooks and Resources (openstax.org)
97 points by memorable on Aug 4, 2022 | 22 comments

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